In the 1930’s, there was a highly contagious disease that plagued the South. That disease is known as racism. Even today, in the year 2015, it still infects our nation. Is there a cure for this outbreak? If an African-American is in a disagreement with a Caucasian person, how is it possible to sway that white person’s views or beliefs while this disease is prevalent? Having the chance to change their point of view can be challenging and strenuous. On the contrary, when emotion is used to fuel…
Edward Estlin Cummings, a 20th century poet, painter, playwright, and novelist, impacted literature greatly. Nearly all of his poems challenged the accepted rules of writing through formatting and grammar choices. The topics of the poems created the most controversy, especially the poems he wrote focusing on nature, religion, and his sexuality. Due to his strict religious upbringing, Cummings conveys his inner strife and difficulties forming connections through his eccentric writing style.…
This map is officially titled “Moore-McCormack Lines Pictorial Map of South America,” It was painter by Ernest Dudley Chase in 1942 and Published by Rand McNally in Chicago. Ernest Dudley Chase, a graphic artist, lived from 1878 to 1966 and was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. From there he attended the Lowell Textile School and later the Vesper George Art School of Boston. When he was around 22 years old, Chase joined the Butterfield Printing Company and in 1906 switched to the W. T. Sheehan…
Brilliant. Innovative. And Well diversified. When a man finds inspiration throughout his lifetime only to later realize he would be a man that leaves a legacy as one of the famous American poets. I would like to introduce you to a man named Edward Estlin Cummings, one of America's innovative, and influential poets of his time. Inspiring readers to understand the concept of originality in his poetry by demonstrating how he used influences from his childhood experiences, imagism, and concrete…
The tile is located in the Art from Islamic Lands gallery, in room 2550, on the second floor of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum on Harvard University Campus. The object number is 1960.102. It is located with a series of Ottoman tiles on the Eastern-most wall of the one-room gallery. The tile, created between 1520 and 1540, is from Iznik, Turkey. It is composed of fritware ceramic painted under glaze. The shape is a hexagon with a circular floral pattern derived from a central decoration. The…
Cummings was born and raised in the town of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cummings knew he wanted to pursue a life of poetry at the young age of eight years old, however; he did not seem to know what tragedies awaited him. Not long after attending Harvard University did he become a volunteer ambulance driver in France during the time of World War I. Due to suspicion of espionage he was soon imprisoned in a French concentration camp. After returning to his home state he married twice; both marriages…
“O the sun comes up-up-up in the opening”. E.E Cummings was born October 14 1894 in Cambridge, MA. E.E Cummings started to write poetry at a young age after that he went to Harvard, he was encouraged to do poetry by a cubist painter known as Pablo Picasso. E.E Cummings was also a painter he was also encouraged by Pablo Picasso. First of all, he used auditory and visual techniques to create meaning. The question is how does he use those techniques to create meaning. When he…
Complete Name: Unit 1 Student Name: Canady, Tammy ********************************************************************************************************** 1. The Customer Service Profession ********************************************************************************************************** 2. Answer questions in each of the Knowledge Check areas on pages: 10, 17, and 28. Student Answer: P. 10 1. “Service Sector is a more accurate term, since many organizations provide some form…
E.E. Cummings was educated in what was thought to be “the last generation to be educated in precisely this manner” (Docherty) of a “sound classical education” that resulted in him adopting many poetic strategies. E.E. Cummings then attended Harvard University where he was introduce to the avant-garde writers of Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein. These two writers influenced Cummings in such a huge way that Cummings himself became an avant-garde writer too by experimenting with different techniques…
these languages will eventually help Nice when she begins her life an ornithologist. After being inspired by two professors, she took an incredible interest in natural sciences. Soon she felt it was time to get a master’s degree and began at Clark University where she met her soon to be husband Leonard Blaine Nice who was obtaining his Ph.D. in physiology. Here, she obtained her degree…